
Class 

Book.!. bft^V^fi 
GopiglitF_i_SA£x- 



COPmiGHT DEPOSIT. 



Zbe lbunter'8 Bream 

Bi; Penn Etchings . v^i^i;^. -a 
IN REVERENCE FOR 

ir. lb. s. 




SENECA, PENNSYLVANIA 

A. D. 1S9S 






H^ 



\%'^'^ 



DEC2276 

C1A957991 



•W' 



I 



1} The Msioii 

/ 01* 

^ The Hunter's Drei.-::: 



pp^pN MANUOULIN, lakx g'ri isk. 
bjf (^^^S *"cK* skep sore pr€s?yzd the wiiilc. 
1^ r<^,i^ Tlie hunter cast him cov/n fo,f lent, 
'SlSS^^ ^^^^* brooded he o'er v/hat might 

befall the besL 
He closed his eyes and ti*ied to close his mind. 
But no ! The phantoms bright, reflected lighl^ 
Nor sun, nor stai*, nor candic jar, vras nc£df^ 
Nor yet bom distant cabin in tie glace, 
Could rays from flick'ring camp Ers 'pcar» 
Fe-j.less, though tireo, he thus essayed to slcqa 

rt to all the dangers of the wood, 
. _ . sought tiie cause of liis troubled nicoc^ 
V Ani tested o'er and o'tr, by changing posture 



The Vision, 



Oil i^::i ..^>uch ot mess, ij::i€ C-:. ^ - _ 

in ms closed eyes, 
'Tli-n eavie soared so high tc-'cuy, a:::' :6/vv>urj 

la v<.iiii *5!tcinpts to bring him doYrn, 
Sani^ hanniiA thln^, I ixiust hz\c cane 

L-niOiiiy vision/' 
Calmed by this thought, iliz lu-nbcv lay, 
Ccurllng sleep, yet ske:-\ 
Eesiing in body jbls the. : w;lng. 

Back to the days of reecnt ye-i^rui, iof he wc^-^ 

young, 
First his schoolmates, tanging 'round, his cok)i.h. 
Pelted him with moss, a.t>d cliided 1-uir], 
For loving pack and fille, 
More than bright eyed girls* 
Then tlie little sisters in the old hotnCf 
Toyed with the fox tails go his hunting cap, 
lhs:LliP..g dijnpled cheeks into his swan's down vest, 

12 



The Hunter's Dream, 



Frci:d of ihclr hunter bfoflien 

Ti:-cn a stern fathet's disappro^i'tng frown, 

And thzn, gentle ifnofher, bendliig o'er him; 

I «t:r kiss, and "Now i by me 6-y^ni lo. skep; 

On her sweet Ups. 

^Soothed by tliese thoughts, die hunter slept, 

0id iiofaesick tear on those closed lids 

Po.siTi lens £0 roagic, his dream portends?.' 

Wiii mother's kiss and her true prayer, 

"^-.h'.lioU the leopard in his lair, 

Gv s^ay the ■panther on the branc;i| 

Fo'9:/ei-lcss for the launch? 

The hiinter slept, 

Tiii: hi;nter dreamed, 

Arid -lere's a record of it kept 

1 be hi^nter dreamed of by^'gone dais's, 
'^h<rn, as a child, he sought hiii ];hys, 
In a held so fah% it seemed to hini, 

13. 



The ViKu)^-^ or. 



\ i -^c^ i> 'S- ]•) M jf ,. fi> world, 

^ t I . i ;l cc, i^ I . ^ o. '^ s told 

i .. J I Ja/o H. -" li > i; ic"n lialr. 

i I < i 1 w . ^1 neck, 'ii * ^'^ ^'-*-^ tarCr 

i h, u t I . r. ' > — 1 

Tenipl£u the rcrciics, thei:* ^;rrri to ;'?:c, 
lie dr£na":cd of ih:^ r'c ■/.:'■:. ' th'ng, 

That 111. ironi tlic c'vri, y-hz- r^g 

01 his bow U'ar]j;cJ oiil :.s ck-aili kiicll, 
And hujli^d the svvcct wh'sile, lie loved " 

so well 
He dreamed of his moilier, who clnded liim so, 

With tears on her face, .\' / ' 

14 



The Hunter's Drconx 



As she told him of :;in, and how sin cufsed 

the race; 
And cf Jhc great lump that came in his throat, 
"'^i/iicn he looked at aie bird v/i;h blood on 

its coat; 
And the ivzsi in ihc elm, whei'e the desolate 

Made him learn it so early- the meaning of hafe, 

He dreamed of thz pbanicms, ihai hindered his 

i'esi, 
When he laid lilmsclf 6<jwn, with no ihouglu 

cf the best. 
The phantom li;{;;.ts id kfger grow in skxy, 

than \vhen av.u.;.\ 
And ti£uit position a., ok. good telescopic leo^ih, 
From tiie tear on his eyelid, for dc&s: niodici'i; 

sake — 
Objcctr'glass and eycg'ass, fight focused to a 

breadtn, 



15 



The 



jiiGJ pointed iic'u zni iralncd to the xcni^'i. 

far above, 
From whence, 'tis said, t':..e Spirit coir.cta 

on errands of God's Love, 

And the dreaming hunter sighted, 

Thrcii;£,h this telescope, alighted 

With C'Cc'j Spirii, and rriCasured 

By m moibri's love, hng treasured, 

Fronji cbiic hood's eady c'ays; 

Even unto rnanliood and its varied v,-aya; 

The dreamer fin'^f in apirl^ 

(For his soul v/as reslhig qui:!, 

Although his body v/caricd,) 

A visiorif "-wondrous ncr.!* il! 

Up into the azure get, 

Beyond the milky way* 

Fiirther yet than creaxi/land, 

Where Heaven iz, they sa/, 

16 \\-. 



The Burner's Vrc&ni. 



And ycLs too may see U — 
\\ hat the hunter- sav/ so true, 
From his mossy couch on C2^rih4an6, 
Such i flings arc nothing ncwj • 
The Spint Guides The Way. 

A fteli of wondrous beauty, and bright 

Widi radiani light, burst on his sight 

Far reaching to the right, was all the light. 

\^ iiiie on the left, 'twas dark 

As darkest night, before the morni 

Clouds of darkness rolled, , 

Xvhiie from their depths, the tolled 

B:ll r«ng out a weird warn; 

And ever; as the sea breaks on the strand, 

Surged up and down the line of right, 

The roiling waves of night, 

1 lie roiling waves of light 



17 



"!>, 



Pausing at the cntfeiice 
To this Glory Lane, 
In the light refiectccS 
From the unseen band- 
Of unembodicd spirits, 
I'he hunter's spirit scanned 
That wondrous lumination 
On the fight hand. 

And as he paused and listened? 
'To the tolling of the bell, 
Sorrow's tears then glistened, 
Sofro7/s tears then felif 
And the shower was copious. 
From the hearts that swelL 
Tbuched in sadc ened wnisoi\ 
rcr the souls in hcli. 
And thus the hunter questioned, 
(Musing to himstlff) 

id 



The Hufi-cr's Drcoin. 



**Is then all the giory 
In Celestial Land, 
But the light reflected, 
From the tears that flow^ 
As ouf hearts beat sadly, 
For our neighbor's woeT' 

Quick the voiceless whlsperti 
Answered to his quest, 
"Yea, sec the- living waters 
Flowing through the pbiD. 
Long the river flov/eth. 
As you see it here. 
Since the word was spoken. 
"V/'hen the race became 
louched With the Good Spii-^r, 
Ihea the sueam began; 
And it ever fiowcth, 
Fiom the throne ol Gc^f 

. 19 



Tii(r Vis^-ift. 



And d'fBjsffh goo-tness 

O'er the iloafiag tries, 

Earth and Mars &nd or^tss UTknurnbcutt- 

And 'twiii ever flow, 

''i il created mortals • * 

Ever more sli^ail unow 

The 'Will of tlie- Great Moke?. 

Ihen tht bell shMI p.,., ^f^ folKn^, 

Ihen darlincss and iht mgm wavts rolling. 

Shall not He upuii the river. 

Yea, the fight thou sccst 

Is ihc I..i£b.t Ceh^^iol, - ■ 

No Lve so greiii as love ■ 

Ihat brin^^s a tesr; 

No Hght 'SO-, '^^dnd as iis rtflcdi^l ■' 

ii^';-.i, the CaX;j"5 ihai iU.iw 

In'.o Lui^vi' _;.lvtr, ■ ■■ . 

li::- !?ga: ^s-lhc ChHct of GoB| 

Chefisiied o^ Goo<i'' . ' * 

: ^ 20' ■■"'* ^ 



Th^ Hv;^ct':. D^^^ii. 



Wi'h this one question answered, 

And bolder made to know 

What other secrets locked 

From human eyes below, 

From hearts untouched, but hardcncdi 

By sorrow's scenes in Earlh/'land, 

By neighbor's weal or woe, — 

The hunter's spint listened , 

For the Yolcekss whispers low? 

And the v/iiy profound 

To gsiher in the mctsning^ 

And io il:e meaning give sound, 

Acquaint to mortal methods, 

And for ages sought and found 

By holy men and sages, 

As the ages have gone 'round, 

Tlirough cycles uncnumbered 

In cycles more profound. 

And !o! a conscious feeling, 



Tiic; 



Cf a pf?sQr.cr., and (lie gi'V^fance 
Of an unseen comrade nzar^ 
01 a rnlxiDg and a blending,; 
As ihe conlact settled clear, 
.And ihcn, the enrcalcd surety 
Of the double presence thcre^ 
Of self and ano-her one, 
In fellowship most d^jr, 
And thus two frk'nds arc meeting, 
In Ceiesiiai Land, 
Freed from E^irth, and greeJ-ing 
Eacli the other there, — 
While enwrapped in slumber, 
Clayey forms encumber 
Mossy bed and divan, 
In those isles so far asunder, 
As from Ceylon's spley shades, 
Where the banyan's m.any rooted^ 
Leafy canopy o'er shadows 

22 



iiic Huatci's Drcain, 



Or:-: culsli-cfctifc?,— a pale faced, stufdenv 
Resting from his books and i^bhts, 
While ih-iit texis rei^TWiiii unnoced. 
Aiici, as lie ■sleeps., remaiii unquoted 

Westward, turn to view the ofhcf« 

One hail die earth wc will encirck 

V/iih cur minds, so fleet lo travel — 

O'er the Gulf and Land Arabia, 

O'er the hemes of far i-itncd F'haraohs, 

O'er the desci-t sands, Sahara, 

O'er the v/cslward oceans 

Sepu!cher of lost Atianiis, 

Aiid, -ivldi many an added Ie:i/xi;e. 

Of sylvan marchss, 

To the waters cvrcet, that circle 

'Round another isle — 

Not niQtc sncient land was mentioned 

In the student's lore, 

23 



Tke. Viakxmv ar, 



in tilt presence of ily< Qc^^l<J, 

To basic, ^nJ bear aklt. ihcu* pies'^; 
To M£nito^.r,--theii* G-ood Spirit 
H^i'c, wc firsd the oi^sei', y^t '<Jiiiwalicii€cl 
By the hooilsig cl the mghUi>v/h or the 

You v.'-ili know iiim, by the tcaTAjrop, 
As it giisicns in the shadows^ 
The homesick hunter, in the forest sleeping;. 
On Ills mossy couch, he 's sleeping, 
Whilst his spirit '.s roT'lng, 

And the student with the hunfc?, 
Joined arc they, in sweet cominuniCSJ^, 
In that land of grace and glory, 
la that land se [o^mcd in sictiry* 

24 



7^1 e 7]i ur.t eiiS. . One 



Jc>*n^ io 5!pxr(t ^vIk) can ^mht if;' 

Tt/1 -dA-e ttoi-y of dis past; 

Aj-k^ (ht studfcat did unr^ve/, 

(Vlu'jy fsfes ffcxn bricks arid ni^rblcs, 

(Long lost lore of long dead schoiaraj 

Suild^d sViriiics. fock cut temples^ 

Caves outhollowed in a niountain, 

Fu.lai's raised, and carven sphinxes, 

Roik, reclaimed ffom mummy cases; 

From tombs and crypJs, 'neath buried ciilc::- 

Tomes of wfiiings, known as sacred j 

Wrii in language, now forgotten; 

Now ihey speak, though not with ^Pond. - 

But, in tongucless signs, we see it, — 

See tiic story of the passed; 

Sec how man, in long gone ages, 

Not by maxims of the sages, 

Not fi'om books, well writ for wages,— 

2i' 



The Viiixjij, o?s 



L-'0C'kc-3 ihrough- eyes and hca^d rlr/ocgli 

cars, — 
And saw in ^vcrks of v/ondrcus Na!u.t'C,. 
A mas^sr hand and . archkect* 
And ihc , voice within, they heard it, 
And by faith, they saw it. 
Saw In dim end dkiant past, 
A be inning, when the Word, 
The. I Yvaz spoken to the whole. 
Called in being and in order, 
And, to ofdcr, gave the laws; 
Laws supreme and never changing. 
And, the hunter, he, did marvel, 
^'hcn he knew this scholar, 
Had the slory irom his travel? 
And he did, discreetly? 
As he thought, secretely? 
And the student did directly, 
In those voiceless whispers tell, 

26 



The tluntci-'^s Dream, 



How that Adajiij even Adam, fell 
How man, then^ in ciiild wondcrr 
Saw his form in placid water, 
Saw his eyes reflected brightly, 
Saw the question in his mind, 
Ouick repealed in the image, 
Aud the likeness of the maj.. 
Every action and expression 
Saw he then in repetition. 
Every morion hath its impulse, 
Every impulse is a thought, ( unthotight, ) 
So all we know is unknown, 
Til the Sp^rit fix the knowing! 
And the cliild/'man, Adam, 
Smiling recognition, and mental salulalion, 
To the image in the water, 
Saw the reflex indication. 
And plunged, in exultation, 
'Beneath the placid water} 

27 



'Th& Ykio^) Qy,j 



Saiighi {Q t&phife the toy fipttUi 
And Qontlnuz the glad feeling.^ 
Botn. to Hm, and to I'lls s'sce^ 
And m pos'e and limpid walt'r^;, 
Splashed he In mi sphsmd ht ©u-^ 
'T2I tlic wates-s, pi5i% and limpid, 
Waalied the gfinie ai-id blood stalsa 
Frosn Ills matted hal:' af.d mane* 
Ttimlog, then^, to vkv7 the smagCp 
With Ms senses plcatjcd aoew-j 
Yes, approYall ^howe'cr Hgbtfyg 
Was it budding in his souU 

From the hu^<Tingf comes the bloomfng, 
From the blooming, comes the flowcfg 
And froiTi ihinkmg, however simply^ 
Dawns q teason and a powers 
So the image, brighter shining, 
As he viewed it, o'er and o'er, 

28 



Tk£ I-itjniey^s Di.'t:iiai> 



Taught the ^^jak*^ a lesson^ 

A isssoji of £h€ wafcfg 

And its power to cieanse the soyfv 

For the Spirit; guiding Hghtiy, 

By the tmsigc in the pool, 

WiQ-dz him see his other ssllf 

Yea, a SplHt q1 his owOf 

A Spirit, new, and ckaaly, 

A Spirit al! his own. 

Coaling ffom the warer 

Of the shaded pool, 

And noting other shadowsj 

As the beaming sun . , 

Drew his profile plainly 

On the sward and bushi 

Sav/ the darker likenesSf 

Void of all but form, 

From wliich he drew ilbosnees( 

29 



Th€ Vivioih 



or, 



Fof no eye was Mt 
With the kindly greeting, 
And fesponsive wits 
He saw m it Supernal^ 
And a thing infearaal, 
A demon and an ogfc, 
And a thing to shun; 
And thus did man become. 
His own and aweful enemy; 
And thus the race has run* 

And as the hunger listened 
To the many tales, 
In a wishful silence, 
And with a hopeful grace, 
The student felr the queries, 
As they came apace; 
And so he did continue, 
And so the record states, 

30 



The Mumtf'^ DTcarrb 



■ How man, through ail the ^gv-j^ 

• Since Erst his liea?f was touciietl^ 
' By the lighting of the Spirit; 

As in the burn in g bush; 

• Sought, "Erst o! all, a mcthot-'; 

■ Whereby he mighl apfircach 

• Unto his Maker s'igli'Uy, 

For, as he deemed Him such, 
He saw Him in the g!ovf^j-;:.'rf:ii, 
- As well as in the bush; 
A light beyond his powe.i% 
A light without his touch. 
He saw the light at sunr^^e, 
He saw that k was goodi 
He saw the sliaoows slioiien.^ 
As the good sun mounted high, 
He saw the demons lessen, 
As he fell (he Wrfrmth of day. 
He saw all naiure rising, 



Tht Vision^ &iy 



And s-s the day was ebbio^'^ 



The dcmc 


-: -:' 




grewp— 




And licfe 






ginnmg, 




T-e - : ^ ■ 






J fcearf^- 


=^. 


C^:mi 






.^^ic! n^^ 


LIg, 


Fat ^^- £i; 




cv£:_' ij;i 


ICW 




Omj' i,v:s 


arc 


ir;i iL:/ 


power? 




Art- ' thus 


Wd 


all CO 


cGwcr, 




Wkfr> tke 


se^ 


noii ^I^. 


asOWB gt 


'0W{. 


And tH«s 


\ye 


ever co"v^'ei* 




Ssn^aili d 


1€ W£j!chful 


BVL . 





That s^e^ our every acJloo. 
'Sees w.^ii slis i;'eai::oii whyj 
A«i4 tBi^s the i-M,:iv.>;, ever,, ■ 

Mmt i-ncr^t the stern approval 
Of d^'^i. ^dng wh<*se great Lov^ 
Is Vd^tU- .'-nd ever WililfignesSf , 
Td ftieefc us kom cbovCe ,; 



The Hunter's Dream* 



From the gloarnifig coraes the dawniflg,; 

From the dawning comes the day? 

And ihe Light was ever shining 

On man's first upward way, — 

As by the works of nature, 

Came rays of sweeter thought? 

The right way from the wrong way? 

The wrong way from the right, 

His infant mind was taught* 

And the voiceless whispers told himr - 

Spirit whispers low, — 

Of a Being, God, the Fa'her, 

Who creaied all things here? 

The sun which he had worshiped^ ' 

With all his childish heart, 

By Him it was created, . , . . 

And really had a part 

In the great universe about ^ 

So man progressing ever, 

For 'twas the will of God, 

33 



The Vision, or^ 



That by His Spirit guiding.r 
He sheiifd gain to know, . 
What Voice was speaklog to hi- 
In those whispers, low? 
Forp by these mediods, gaining',. 
, Sure knowledge of that One, 
He must alv/ays listcrif 
To the Spifit warnings, lowj . 
Of fallen be from favor, 
And doomed to backward go, 
And be inflicted ever, 
By the demon shadows so* 

» So here we see depictedj 
The rise and fall of him, 
, For all we know of Adam^ 
» He must have been that one, 
. If so, then Adam, fallen, , 
Musi seek a way to g:aln, 

34 , 



'1 he Htm;e^''s Drcsi22* 



A:^?.u5, vn\o that favor 
"Which he departed fromj 
And lol the very wish 
Within his saddened heari^ , 
Met the inslant approbation . 
Of the One he had betrayed 
And the Spkit, guiding cvcf^ 
The tight way from the wrong, 
?oiJi;cd out his Saviour, 
The redeeming power of God, 

And so the hunter listenedi 
To the student from afar, 
Who told him how for ages, 
Good men have labored hard 
To impress upon their fellowsi 
A knowledge of some way, 
A paradise to gain, , 
A psradlfe with God? 

35 



The V}slo!>n or- 



A way to ligiit the shadow?^ 
A way lo keep the hesrt 
Fx'ecd from sin and sinning^ 
A perfect, manly heatt 
And in these cfioi'ls, mmniy, 
By precept aiid by chart, 
Tried many quaint devices^ 
And in all tongues and climei^ 
Gave varied names and titles , 
To God and His Attributes? . 
And whtn all arc deciphered 
And placed before the cy©. 
In signs to us apparenlf v 
Ti^e three that touch the hcati 
Are now, and ever shall fee^ 
Arc now, as ever were, 
Go^, Creator, Faihef.j > 
God, Preserver, always,, 
God, Redecmcf, evef- 

3f- 



Tfec Hufit«f s Drcim^ 



Whint'et* w€ do apofoack 

l.n §oiTCW fof oyf sionlng? 

And a wish to be fccbiinsi 

W id fin the !oTC and faTor 

Of Got?, Supreme in power- 

Yet not by p-ropcf nioilve. 

Hav.*: ali these men, ifi lime pftst* 

Soughi- to izach Jhc people,-^' 

For some, for selfish gttzd} , 

Ani for s baser purpose 

Tli&n man's good wcsi and need. 

i^nd led by cvii spirhs, 

HaYc told their duped laymca , , 

0£ the power of rites infernal;— 

Fict'ce orgies 'round an al«af, 

Of fireburned lambs and flayed oxen, 

Of incense, in a braze^i censer swung, 

And serpents lifted towards h'gh Heaven, 

Of innocence, slaughlered m propitiaNoii^ 



The Vislciif or, 



Oi hviiled sins and acc?p?aLain£| 

Sins commUled, sins omilied, 

(Fof some things dmt they have ordered: 

Would sins have been, n sure commiltecV* 

And wiih all, st'lf Ihgdhiion, 

And hutnbk adorafion of some rude imsi^'r-, 

Whcfdn ihcfe dwcif, so strange to tell. 

Some altributc of rare men-t, 

As by theii* books 't was proveo* 

To tills base purpose was iecl 

The powci* of kings and potentates 

In a!i the ages, the mtnds of mea 

To sore distract, and lead astray ... 

From the True Light -The Christ of Godj- 

Whkh in them was, whene'er , 

3y ^ood and worthy motive bcnti 

Their heai'is inclined lo Him« 

But, Co despite all this, 

Go^'s Spmi did prevail, 

3a • ' 



Tht HuisUr's Btcam 



Attd man was led, tiitou^h all 

This maze of doubt and gloon::. 

As from the bud sure comes the hl}oi\). 

Now see the fiver, ilowiog ihrcn^J^x ilie plain, 
Q'g£» wliich the shado'ws, light iiiid Jafk, do hoyefi 
Dividiog sufc, the right way hoica the wrong;, 
A river, bright and shining? 'midst the clouds 

of night, 
A river made horn, the tears thai flaw 
From eyes that see the one true Light, 
From eyes that opened to the touch 
Of the only ray of hopeful Li^ht, 
That to this sin cursed earth did come. 
Yet not to Earth alone, but to those other orbs, 

as wei!, i 

Sister worlds, floating in ethereal space and held 
In their stately march 'round the central sun, 
% God's will omnipotffiti 

m 



And iJriftii, bj<r«scd by this Kghl;- seek*; new ■, 

A way to help his fcilow/mao, by itzds of love. 

Born of (bat true motiTC of the heart, appi-oTed , 

of GcS, 
And now the rivef longer grows^ and wkkns, . . 
Bathing with its holy waters, the scarred hearis^, 

of cn4ng man* 
No Ionget% ci'ccds and tiits^ poientisl arc to 

man's salvadon, 
■^But the Spirit, guiding in the siiS*€ way, 
Leads man, upward and onwafd^ to that goal 
Where God's rcckcming love doth cleanse '„,[' 

the soul^ 
(And make anew the Iffcj thM otherwise tnunt be 
Cast oui and useless then, 

■-And as the hunfcf listened in wraft intefes^ 
■To this recital, musing to himscif, — a thotight, 
"Why not this new found kkni and I, 

-40 ■■•■ 



The Hunlci-'s Di'zsim, 



Seek h^rc sotnt pksM«t bowef, 

That we may dwell m this ctci'sial bliss and! 

fellowship, 
Whea'c I can listen to his whtspcrs low. 
And he secmcth to love, in telling itf 
But the student, geinly chiding, said, 
■^'Not so my fei'othcf, foi* in the far East, 
I iefi a form resting, a siesta 'neath a banyan, 
■And though I laiTy htttf 
That one, bereft of what waits here, . 
Becomes a bfute again, and lost, 
Tliteough this Spirit {ii it could) dwell in fealms 

cf bitss eteiTsal, 
Btit it caoaot be, the Sptfit duties afc oi*daincd 

of God, 
And should the brightest one in all these realms. 

of bliss, 
Bttt ht€.s,k its licge, rebellious then becomes. 
And fsiUrn, lo wzi' thsn thou and I are iio^-', 

41 



Tht vi 



Mefiv'nks ihsi ihots, on second tlio-igliii., 

V/cAjufA riol quEslion tlic wise purpose. 
, Ci ili&t grc£i LoYg and Will, ooi' doom 
; Tlunc oihci" srAi to bfutlsh life, and dt&ihf , 

And d'iou, thyst'lf, to endless tvAsziy, 

Ytt, ihcu rnusi one n^orc degr-ss achlfv^, 

in ailr> blest fcllo\¥sh5p, 
■Wherein, Go.'i, the Fadi€i% is Supreme and liea*S. 
,Thy nioibcf wlfi this degree confer, 

And iti her charge unfold ihe maxims, 

F.eom bei* flicL' didst thy bkibi'lgbl 'sumc, . 
'Ar.J {he horAv;.'ck tear on the hunkr's eye > ■ 
is fight tmbhm. 

Ano. I 41d note ihy raomtt 

(Or, n^Y purmy iVom the far Easf, K<th#»r,) 

CoftM-kitmin^ al; ?ht! c'osc of day, 
;! C^agitfc lieji' silrni prayei* io i<.p?^fe i^^r i)^s£?y- ' , • 

¥yom. fckcL leop^f^^f true J. f^^^Jg?:* 



The Hunter's Dream, 



As she waifs near tKe cool sprrngtv 

Where hunters slake their thirstf 

To catch them unaware? 

And keen the panther's fiery clutch. 

As spHnging from the branch, 

She lights on hapless ones w>th dfac^ly impetus/ 

And now I must away to Ceylon's shades* 

and as I pass, 
I will thy mother's forehead touch 
With Spirit lips, and tell the exact spot 

where her boy waits/' 
The whispers ceased and In their stead, 
The tolling bell sent forth its knell 
From the clouds that dark'ning lay upon the rivef« 
And the hunter's Spinr, muring 
•O'er the last whispers of the departed brother, 
•Wond^fingly wished, a hopeful wish, 

<Thc rivvr seemed to biMgiiler grow 
iBefore hh ^oWn eye, and lo! 

43 



(llie Visi^i/n. or, 



A Qh&nct iovm, o'i misi, in view, ' 
And misty forms, a chiid-likc crew, ; 
Ail mated in pairs, a bright girl and boyo 
in fobes of white, with shcuts of joy, 
They sang the song of the whip-poof-wift 
To drown the tones of the toiling bciL 
This gleeful throng came trooping by, ■. 
Far out in the bright light, as if to try, 
To keep their race far from the d&rk, 
And dark'niog space ; as the soaring lark 
Courts tlic light of the morning sun. ., 
So did tills team the darksiess shun. 
A team in pairs, and a score to move; 
In harness of gold, with the traces woyc- 
With g^i^knos of flowers} and waving wand^S 
Of the downy rcti, were in their hands; 
Ail yoktd to a car q2 the mcther-of-pearl, .' 
Whik i2ndcrne,ath, the wheels th«it wlM, 
Glistened -mdi gems^ fror»i the tears th*it feli 

44 



The Hunur's Dit^m, 



From the eyes of the drhtr, who knew i/ii well, 
That to meet her loved boy, her errand was htnti 
And love tears are always a happy tofmeiit. 
And the team came 'round in a swift canter, 
Making a circle, whh John in the center, 
(For John was the name of the hunier,) 
And whipped him with reeds, till the down was 

' exhausted, 
When the moists cleared up, for want of a method 
To gtow a new tuft on ihe ends of the wandst 
The hunter could sec that the mists were 

mete plans, 
To h^de from his view the car and the driver, 
For children arc children, both, here and 

there overs — 
A voice from the car called, "John, my de^^r :>y^ 
Come, (Kits fan my horses, and then for our '/, 
For J 've •:•>?• 5.1 e a long way on this errand <Jt ; ;• 'i; 
Tram Earffyl^pA below, to this Heaven ?l*av<, 

45,, 



"Witii ^s gpii'iiea tt'Sfa as f^tt was ^^pann^d 
To pbw/bcam oi* haff^Wf m this or thsJ hri'i, 
And, I fsat? (Be icx^ cMMssn will tangk thc-i? 

• traces* 
Making- a Iroufelc to get well th^ir places. 
Wi'^STi ibc '.ifiic C'?mf.s to go bsFck t-o ©uf duiies, 
Bestcer, there is ciiing^r o! !iurht:f^ my besurk?/' 

Rusiied eukk Id tht qm, liis m-ovher :■;: a<^^n.. 
And kU on her neck, -w^ih s s^b ana iv ii.liit, 
(Now, just here, i! k sale to say ?kis, 
■That die mcshcf Q^^fti kss for (he mix/'up 
Of Yearns and tkcb- hafjseiss. ikan ibts iarijig 

Ano the chiMreci, unmmdcd, hisrA out a safe way, 
To cast loose sh««.f tracfs an4 si^rt s new pky.. 

And ihc fnotb«r, and the hunter, 
^ 4^ 



T!i€ Ifeitc?';! D-:£^>. 



Son 3ind tnoiihtrt ani in s5i^n:t. 

And in close embracrs, quiet, 

''HcaJl to hearty and lips to Up^;'* 

For the S|>tnt of the mother, 

Always constant in dcYotlon 

To the ci'fing chiid of nalare, 

^f«8ugh{ but love is in her bosom^ 

Wiien the truant chtid return!?, 

Kow then, when the mother, ycammg 

For the wandering one kotn hon^e, 

Seeks in journ^^ys, long and searching, : 

Yea, in Spjfit land alone, 

Hoping, always, she may find hiiii. 

And, in finding him, may know 

That his ways have been unclouaed, ' 

Tha? his years have not outgrown 

Irtfant love and trust unbounded, 

To the mother, only known, 

To the mother, only shown. 



Tht 



CquH 4^® tf'i^hilf, 3fB no a^lKer, 
Bui the s®si mty CYtv winScri 
Scarchtag kerf 5 Yea — maf -r.^^ylti: 
■ O'er maiiy a new htiwi hv^. 
Yet all h«s days he Ti s<|uit*jJcrf 
Searching here, hw lore tkst 's gvamdu 
Than th« mother's love. 

And where? 

1 And in sHoic?? no, no? ssc'n^ss, 
In thai S^^ifit land, glad gladness 
Was in ib&t sweci communion, 

' And g\a4 heatt reunion, 

, And the l-.ijnl?r, nci«fl5ng, iondly, 
'1 On thd« i^osom, as of Y'->^^> 

Felt a fc^f.drop, Ion«W, 

T'B*'!! ar-s^fher, ^s before 



' Tht Eutiiti's D-CiJi:^. 



'Dropping o'er his checks and fc5**€h€ft4;/ 
(JuflS as he had known bcfotc, 
Vhen fhc thought htm skepifif, 
'In his bed, a! home, 
Ani he put his hands up 
To her forehead and htr checks, 
Just as baby boys are wont to, 
Btfore they start to roam* 
And th« mother, gently sighing, 
^Saidi "My son, why art thou cryinf. 
Tears of joy, are tl cs^ my boy, 
Or arc ihey team's of sorrow?" 
Said the hunter j "Mother, joy 
is in my hmnti, and, lo^morrow, 
I will pi'ovc iny p.;;r»iienc?, 
vFo" aW the gi'lff ibou 'st ha-^^ since 

Tiie Wild woods lo icaai^ 
49 



Tht Vishny or^ 



'^ So he (torn iht^ ^nd home/' 

Ht. till lih rnOihev shakhigj 

As w^ih a TpAVihkil iziUng^ 

And tliQ sudden GSCfllalioo^ 

Secnied Is break ^lie comblnadoa 

And the tea? making, 

An3.j she said, ''My son, 

Thy rbymiiig may haye ^'i'-oti tliee lioie 

Aaioiig the birds and rabbirs. 

But I must h^gin to tell thee 

How ?o mend thy habus? 

And Kow we are togethef, 

Close hei-e beside each oJhff, , 

■I have much to ssy to Jhce, — 

Have much, for thee to knowj thats best, 

Ferialning to what thy way may be, 

Jis ihrough ail llh ihnu goestj — 

B^n first of aji, I 1! iel! iJ, 

Ol iS slJjc;-^.nt, iiiou dost know, 

50 



•'Tbc H»fif«ip*s "Df^^m, 



. He was wifli thf ^, pn th>s hne.. 
Where thou and I arc so, — 

, He came and to^jched my forclita^, 

iFor I was sleeping-, «oo, 
And he said that he could tell mf^ 
Just where I mighi find you? 

(For he had seen a lifcd hunter, , 

Sleeping in the wood, 

On a lonely, lake girf inland, 

Where he was sleeping good, 

On ManUouUn island, 

Where the waters, sweet, do flow, 

Where the Huron and the Georgtaa 

Join 'round it, even sot 

There, on a bed of nioss/bank, 

Right out in the devr, 

A hunter, sleeping soimc'lv, 

I He knew that hunier, yoit. 
He told me all about if, 

51 



Til's Whion, 



Thi: "Wcy iiiBl fhou w&^A 6i'e9.'i, 

Ai'Jcl he said he tbougiit h llkdj, 

Among lbs resJ, 

Thou wasJ a Htde homesick, 

For a tear stood hi ihlnc eye^ 

And, by that good sign, 

The time Is drawing v?ry n<gL% 

' To touch the heat'J and tnlnd ariglif; 

; And» ihaf, this very night, 

i'He 'd ralked wielj Uiee, of lh?ngs of oi<Se 

•;. Of iru^oy wondrous storks, told^ 

lOi ibh-es zhai are passed, 

■ J\r-4 V- . .; ■ ■ -■:^ f^'liowship, 

;; G; ^''i^t'ees' thou 'st taken, 

T' 1: confer to thee, 

And un iiaAhns and the roken/' 



i IS secniir 
.-.-:- right, 

52 



.'the Kunls/s Drs^rnj 



••Fat well I know ^naf hs'J ar-d T/ood 
"Were the first ten^pses in C-o^'n sigh'/ 

Tbc Sp?ri« came to meii of ck^, 

And when men niefkiy bo wed iheii' 

hearts to Hiiii, 
No works of »tt formed th^n a pa^l 
Of worsbtp, well approved, 
But, when to the foresi ihou didsi go, 
I felt a loathe to p&i-i, just so, 
From my loved boy, b^Jt now, 
1 fsfar to trust thee, for sonic ho ;^-, 
"i isough bedded on a rnoss^lsjrtk, 
I feel that thou art sakr there, 
'i iidn in the haunts of meu dank, 
%iJii reek of wicked Uves, witere, 
In great towns, they coiit.;iegt!!e, 
To pounce on boys of thine e,sit5(e, 
And h^d th"m lar asiray 
1 :'C^ i-eritci Way, 



'J'iis Vision, i}i) 



^Now niy soi3, \ Is writ in a g-oo^ b6o«v 
How a certain himici* in olden days, look 
From the spoils of chase and hiiiiJci^'s skill 
The best oi aii he had contrived (o kili 
And olkred to what he rstcemed as God, 
'In atonement for his ^ttd^ of wiUfuincss, 
Thif^klng thus to appease for selfishness? 
And how another, noJ so bold, 
But of a meek and lowly mold, 
Vt^ho iilled the soil lot daily needs, 
And in his light and humble deeds. 
Lived always well approved of God, 
And how the hunter, proud in his sleieht. 
To slay the riiii5gs of lesser might, 
Dispkiiised the God lie did approach 
"^'^■''ilh ofkfings .from his deed.i of blood, 
Which, in His i^i'ght, seemed not so good. 
But; p^fb^oG, ihis traaflahoii, 
May ht ofkred ia h^si!a(ion, 

54 



The Kuntet's Dfeam, 



For, belvveen the lines as writ, 

Seem other lines, as well a fif, 

To the deep sense within the versej 

And so, my son, my words are terse, 

And pointed to your choice of occupatioHf 

For in deeds of blood, the earth to t'oam, 

Siems not the thing to win a home? 

For by thy sleight must fell ensue, 

Great detriment, and created kind will ^ue, 

That thou wast created, too/* 

" It seemelh to my mind aright, 
That thou shouldst think, this very night, 
That the great Sire and potent mightr 
Halii planted deep in all things livings 
A chief desire, to 'long their being, 
And when thou lakest in thy ki(, 
Some plan, born of thy studied wit, 
Some artiucisl, deadly thing? 

55- 



The Vision, oi*, 



"'Gainst ■which, nor bcasf, nor bli'J, can bring 

a fair equlvalcnf, 
Thou actcst but the coward part, 
And this, my son, I cannot feel, 
Is natural to thy kind heart," 

"Thy mother loved, in other days, 

To wander 'neath the cooling trees, 

That murmur songs in winsome lays, 

As swaying boughs in summer breeze. 

Of, when dropping leaves and fading flowers^V, 

Teach anew, a lesson of the hours, that are past;; 

The hours we Vc passed, have numbered 

The length of days, we Ve slumbered 

As well as of the days we 've labored. 

For good and worthy purpose, favored^ 

By ihc Great Designer/' 

And I would not hinder, by my fear?, 

Foi' tliy Sd^Uiy and (by futurcf 



The Kunlei-'s Di'eam. 



Nor v/m ihee from the love of nature, by 

my tears; 
But, by (ears, I would that I could bend thee, 
And, by feai's, ! would that I could lend thee, 
To that service which will send thee, 
Richest blessings from above/' 
NoAv, a service thou mayest render, 
To all thy fellow men; 
And, in it thou mayest wander, 
Deep in the forest, damp. 
And the service it will take thee, 
I High on the mountain side; 
I Yea, thou mayest ponder, 
Long, by thy lakc/'side camp; 
By the streamlet in the valley, , 
Or by the sluggish river, wide, 
And, in serving, gain a blessing, . 
And be a blessing then, 
To all, who come hereafter. 
To all the living then/' 

.'57 



The Vision, or, 



"For God, in His all wise prov'idcacc, 
' And by the blessed abun4aKi<c 
Of His love, has caused to grow 
-Jn great profusion, in the valleys low, 
jOn the mountain side, and in shaded glen, 
.>in marshes' mire and woodland fen, 
iln all the haunts of beasts and men; 
'fAnd where the winged things do flutter, 
bSome goodly thlrjgs; their names to utter, 
-^ And make known their value and Just merit 
^Ift healing wounds, or ills we do inherit, 
lis avocation suited to one who loves 
His fellow men; and note the color of the 

doves, 
Whose rich e.pgitzl is derived from nature's 

soui'ces. 
Colors neb and vafled i'stk in sap that 

coiiises 
Throu^rh roots and b^rk to stems and leaves 

5S 



The Ku 



And blossoms, and tl;en ;he seec?;?, — Naiure 

weaves 
In warp and woof, aiid paMern iniJrkale and, 

chaste, 
:A splendid manilc that will oullast, 
For the Esrth, and its teaming dweilei's there, 
The necessities of those that gai'mcnls wear. 
For in the stems and stalks of weeds, 
And the downy covering of some seeds, 
Pliant fiber may yel be found, 
Unkown to men, and mere profound 
The thought required to separate by clic,in,'c 

action, 
The gums and lacquci's, and (he healincy uncilon. 
The beasts and birds, thou hasi sought to sky, 
Are guides Ciad prophet?, in ibcj;' wi^y. 
Unfailing in their ixisslrrcis, sna b^:c:=u>:: 
Nature has, in the Y^isdcin o[ h-n- U■,v^'s, 
Some understanding, aldii to wi^doiD, givin, 

• 59 







I 




^be Ibunter's H)ream 

A Souvenir 



ENTERED FOR COPYRIGHT J926 A. D. 



BY CHARLES A. KINNEY 



With apologies to the Societp ofJairs" 



SENECA. PENNSYLVANIA 
•[QA-A- - A. D.. - 1926 



DEDICATION 

To My Mother 

Long thy body lies 
In the grave, but yonder, 
In that home above the skies, 
is thy spirit, sweeter, grander, 
Sweetly now my memory hies 
Back to childhood's days, and longer. 
To the days before the wise 
Ones knew what of are sighs; 
To the days when immortals. 
In mortal bodies, were not grieved. 
Mother thou art resting. 
From the cares thine erring child 
Caused thee here, not listening. 
To all thy councils, wisely mild. 
Now I do thee honor, Mother, 
That my fellows all may know. 
That from my mother, and no other. 
Did these lines inspired flow. 
That thy spirit helped me. Mother, 
Thus thy spirit now doth glow. 

CHARLIE 



The Vision, or, 



**To all an;'mal2 creafbn; — 

Man lias iiimself sun'endered his great "] 

Not by noiing the .o-uidnig of the Spltlf, 

But, to himself svifliclag, and depending 

On the merit of v/hst he deems his own / 

intelligencej 
And to gratify his own indulgence; 
Like the singing, farm hk'zd hang-^hir<^s, 
Building nests of v/orsted yarn and pack*' 

thread, — 
But note them m the depths of forest 

nesting; 
You •vvii.l find them seeking raw materia!, ; 

picking 
At the slenis of wiihercd plants, hemp like,' 
That furnish fibt'oiis sluff, thread like, — 
See ihem weaving in their ^zndzcit homes; , 

note this, " 

60 



The Hunter's Dnaan, 



"And now, my son, the time is near at hand 
that doih demand thy close altentlon, and thy 
memory open to receive the charge in the third 
degree of the close fellowship/' 

"The first is thine by right of birth and Itn/ 
eage« The student in the voiceless whispers did 
make thee acquaint with the mysteries of the p«8t| 
and, by what fell influence, designing ones may 
tempt thee to ignore thy just rights, and bind 
thyself to creed bound laities, or subservient to ^ 
the dictation of priestly ordination, cloister sckoolcdf 
and ambltioned to become illustrioufi and renowned 
among thy fellow men; rising gradient steps of 
imagined inequality, to some bedlzzying height 
of fstme, on wiiich but room for one. at once, 
exists, ** 

"Tniih, alone, is knowledge/ whoso hath truth 
at^d liglii ob!aix)cd, hath fame and place achieved 
in the Celtsiidi Laad, None other is adaiiiied to 

61 



Th, 



full memb£rship, Look, now, an \\.h love en- 
llghlcacd pbne; setst tliou souje L-n-i'n^ncc upon 
which sorae special gift has -n^nde posvible pUcc- 
ment, some Reverend of thy fcllcw-mcn? No! 
|Hefe men love, (and love seeks not preferment J 
and loving, seek but love for its rcquitcment, dis- 
pensing it agarin in overflowing measures/' 
"Look now upon the river- way, 

O'er which the shadows ever play* — 
A river made from tears,— Say! 

Canst thou tcU that evil day, 
When to thy race was bom. 

The curse that since has torn 
The human heart, as garments worn, 
. Where roses bloom 'mid brier thorn? ; 
Canst tell the curse, and name^ 

The dark'nlng b%ht 
That fell on man. as from above. 
Come ashes from a cmuvs £re?. 
Consuming nightl" 

62 



Tr.c Kiinler's Dream, 



"jYt'a! ihou hast the name. 

And fcasoiied right ;, — "Self Love," 

" And now thou bast answered the test question, 
fighily ; one more awaits thine affirmationj Dost 
thou, thine inmost soul, so truly know, and chords 
it with thy light and knowledge, to the extent 
that thou dost crave full fellowship, wherein God, 
the Father, is supreme and head; Who by His 
all preserving Spirit, doth men guide, and keep 
in the true path of light and love, 

Unto that goal, "„ 

"Where His redeeming lovC' 

Doth cleanse the soul? 

Thus are they then His sons, 

And Christ in them doth dwell, 

Cherished of Good," 

"Yea! thou answerest, **Yea!" 
And by that answer, thine, 

63 



The Vision, or, 



"! hail thee, Knight, 

In armor bright,— , , 

The emblem is the Vine, — \ 

And, with a mother's holy kiss, ' 

I do confirm thee here; — 

Son of my love! 

What love is this? 

Thou art pkdgcd and ransomed, dear!- 

Redeemed for good; 

The bud now is full grafted- 

Full grafted, on the Vine," 

'' Now see, on yoiid«r love/lit plain, 
The throngs of singers gain, 
la countless hosts, to welcome 

Tl:e waiiid«r?r to his home; — 
But look, iisy son, and note it w^ll, 
'i^hax sfan-is in this brigbt plain? 
A goi'i-tn Vine, and see ii tv.'ine 

64 



Tk^ }la;?iit/ti f^i'-'s^Tn 



/Joh t-© m^cl iht eye? 
Now I rm'i^t tell ibcc m«'€ of fh&% 
Ani hj mf W(^i$ tHmi *!♦ gain ^ 
Some tfufh«j ©f Jiic's cx^i-iffocei . . 

Bes€t the ways of all who tfwell 

Amos^g the men of earth; 

Tbmj hast hunted far and wide, 

And roamed the woods and mountalfi syc« 

In seatch of beasts to sUy for sport. 

Or sustenance, and some to hide 

Thy form in sha^j^y coat, 

As ihoiijjh a dearth of cleaner robes. 

Existed on the earth/' 

"By thy sleight and skill, thy heart ts boI4 

To track tne kopdid to his lair, 
A{Ki c/ore hfs gveM su^engrn (o mc^t, 
TLy<ii!i, his equal foe esteeming, 

b5 



Yislo::, or, 



"Wlifn aid^ed hy iky s^uoko s^hz^'i^rii^'r-- 
And by thy GldOei and praciiced eye, '; ' 
Tiiou 'ivoiildsi not chHssk to oef/: 
The stcsifhy prsnthcr, crouchisig, 
On the oVr huog brsncL, aWijiiing^ ■ ' ' ■" 
Cslvllkc, the app-roachiog' pr;:yj 
The gcntk c-nea an Jhy herds c-f gSfBCj. 
,Flee from tliec ajid the dreai bane 
Of thy siisGiecl lyres Si.nd deacly wif 
As thcu too, would*!, \Ti;hDct it, 
Siiua the mountain bcsf sbs ¥«ld<a?tf 

**Aft^ kow about the €3|[le? This d^f^ 
iij ffish pur»ntf of wanton play, 
Thou didsr ^itttmpt lo sJ^y bis ss^Hog, 
As towQtds lijc SU5.1, his flight w^ n^&rln^: 
. A God, p«fii3-ifjr, in nis acc«ptafion, 
Why oort,o, ii' the wild man reasons, 
Ti'f sun a God, and the eagits, prayer ca<*flefst 

©6 



The Huntei-'s Dream. 

My son, know thir, God's Spiri! s?Ji^m-3tiiil?5 
i$ii barriefs 

To Hit final working of His vAlh 

So thou didst gain tiie bloo<i/red ey@s 

And the strange ligiits, and try, 

And try, in vam, thy sktU lo kill, 

For no just cause bu! Vdaify. 

Y/hat wonder then, the puantona iigkl? 

Disturbed ihy rest and gaiety? 

Tins is one lesson of selWove, ' ^ 

Tiie eagle still remains above/* 

"(Now this is a measure, 
Rhyming with treasure, 
A verse ihou cans? kMi%i 
It vvill serve a good turn, _ 
For he wno loves sell, 
And hitn dlofse U't&Htiris, 
■Must gt{ from his kliows, 
Hate ia full oieasurcsj" , 



The Vislojij or,; 



'^ My soil, ! would smppfss GD vayyDiJii| 
hs9tet and miod, a lesson meant for aU thy 
kin<fj and so rckf thcc to what -wa^. ^«»ic: 
iby thy young fncod, Jhe siudeot from aJ^r. 
Then s««ft thou not, nc)* be amazed, that I, 
tby mother, use that same sirange Tvord. 
^Jair/' fof this is common to ouf craft 
aod feiiovrship, and to know its lull mean- 
ing h justly given to ail new inltiaigd; 
the "7€fy secfet that doth belong to lis, 
and by none other corii|>rchciided. 

**In ages pdst, before the time of creeds, 
a strange people dwelt in the in* Bast, 
Irom whom this student friend of ihinc; 
direct descended^ Strange were these 
people, yet only to those v/ho them sur- 
rounded. Strange they were not to theisi- 
selves, for imbued were they with the 
es»enc4i of new birth. To catch the though} 

68 



firs! on ^&s\bi, and fk'jiriaed in ihtif speeds 
a wotrd tha? s.'®«^5 l©i^ {b*J ccndifioo, T^ss 
■woyd came to oust c^j^t, r?ct m ?fey esjwc 
tongue Sfid speech, n©f mme, h^ ki owr 
tongiss of use e© wo£*d is lit lo? thst ^c^ 
sense* ^ 

- ,■ "Thcra Ke*f tier kswjii ©f fits !e®fM^ 

^T Ar^d ?fe«s ts closely consiccicd wJlh \%t 
Ics?HJ>T> of fhf kop*fd; fof in the h^^r^t ^^^-^f■ 
nimds of men, whotn s«lf-iov« 
wim devices W »€!f detv<»rvceu»eMi, ^r^, ., >| 
tbs4 so doing fhey ore wisesf .sini • ■^4 
scciota^l^} rhc love r»^ere cosioor bt' ^ ■ -^ 

■ -M. C)'<netn of Jtic Great Creaf:^-.". V' 
6^ 



Tke Vf^or3, ®t, 



®Thi3 lilni are Icopa?^ b^eeaefs, 

Fu!!, theif k?nneis are, of seeders. 

Of a curse that to mankind, 
. Seemeth the very worst? 
' But consider the selfish motive, 

Liirkiog 'ncalh the curse. 

Thy mother hath unceasing pfaycd, 

That this curse from her dear boy be stayed 

Vnnl Jhat d&y, 

When die Splrlf, in His peiiect way, 

GiTe thee such knowledge of His good office, 

As to know His Voice, 

Hoping this bu? tightly known, 

Tiioii 'dsi f«K thy ch'>ice, 

To follow his good guidance. 

"My son, the leopard of the woods, 

By liay k'ticiiKss and ?he rod, 

Is tatncd mud h^^i'^^l-^'^'^ in his moods, 

70 



Tkt Kurd us V-icm^i.. 



And ihmi msvcst slsre hie ar.ge^r- 
Of ills sfeaii-hv hunts m hunger 
Bui {hffe lurks another leopard, 
The !eop^;*d of «he towns and dttet, 

S?fa'?hy is iu march and prig^ressy , 
Oil a:i d»e p^ihs that om^fivd, 
?.'!»i» in iifc^'g journey trfivcls, 
From {he crad??, and ihen fotwfifdf 

S'lrely docs it «;t »k«r t*8 ingress, 

P r;;Hg ,«> iht kapnt4 kitt:c0, 
S.iskipt-;^ iii t^<» hc^;|!-Sw»^ /''fin,, 

My son, fhis /cop.-'.rfil i^ (i;C Af^ufji' 
F( Miring froii) the crystal b(^i/*i-, 
S^itsir^ji brightly, as the sponed addcf, 
TiJcJf so stli^gefli tfi the grasses, 
As ii:<f i!nw<gry tt*rtw'lf(f passes, 
Spoiiect a^dfiv sponed ko^«rd; 

71 



Tfcs ¥lalDSD<, ©ff 



BpottiB ilqucr in (he bciijfii'iv 

An-^ ^ht spois of vancd colore; 

Spot ih-2 lit&n^ and mir.ds of erhikgi'5, '* 

""Thcu di<5s! learn a£r.ong the thiriga 
That were «o!d thcc by Jlic student from ahr< 
Thai Jo a certain named coadidon, 
Out beings might attain? 
. He spoke of brutes asid then a "Jair," 
As one^ so washed and cleansed from grtmc . 
And bloody stain^„ a new csiatc had gained,— 
A recognized much betier self, — 
And that in briefest time, 
As wiiaessed by tJae image, 
That before iiis eye did siiinc 
In the pool of placid water, 
t?/ lie re he h<id seen before 
I'he yioifyWke brute, whose 
M«»»ea liisiic, in the red gore of olhtf brutes, 

72 



A iotrrif perhaps, niore riisaltkf, . 

Than sofnc th&t thou iusf s-cfrr^ 

All stecpfd and soddencd by the llqacv Cnrser 

And maddened, e'en by the srAr'a ih-jg imtibccf; 

For they in frenzied speech.. 

Betrayed a blasted tnteliccf- 

Described by those who. write to kach, 

As maniac, idiot, drunkard? 

Or perhaps inebriate; 

This last h but applied; 

By those who wish to niiiicr^t^ 

Somewhat, the dreadful ihougin, 

Tlut mso. in that sa-d stste 

Has fallen lower than wa? tla-ir braC«i, 

Wha first was tsught^ 

By the washing in the pool. 

And by hlhu eolighteacc;. 

The cthei* is the bol 



Tiie Vision^ oi\ 



^^Now iliou hast arrived af this esicte, 

Yet fi-ee from this dread bane, 

Thy snollur bath h^i' heart claie. 

That she this office doth susrainj 

To charge thcc here, and to thee show 

The better path on earth below, 

What things arc not, what things arc Sin^ 

What things to shun, v/h.at things to win? 

With all the lessons thou hast learned, 

The sAiAovz theme is all concerned, 

The datum line from v/hich to measure 

The right way upwdrd, 

I'he wrong way downward; 

And the measure is the Spirif, 

Tiiat in voiceless whispers tells it; 

My son, that whisper is 

The Voice of Go d. 

To heat- aii6 co, should be thy choice; 

For this nit«£ux'e 

74 



And to Jrfnsurcj 

Arid I. would thee wafn» 

Ar.d from one sad error gul^t thccj 

Foi' HI the heafis and minds of men, / 

Who not ye? are Jaits, 

l"h<fre resieih this dclusson* 

(And delusion is but lack of knowing.) ' 

^ There is no God, they say, and yet 
they chlm that (hey are goo^. To say 

ther? is no God, ssyeih (here is no Good, 
then how may they be Good when Good 
is not? It is simply not wiih them, there'* 
fore to theai unknown* The raodve h 
the Good: the Act is the Effect. Effecting 
by the aci and noting ihQ effecu is know^ 
Uyg, No other way cxisis. fxccpl the 
Law; to UMDf then, by the lau\ is to be 



The Viik)f3, 01% 



To dread the Pmaltg of the Law h Sslp 
Love. 

Secst thou the Law of Good and EviP, 

**Now listen to the story of the panthen 

**Thc leopard am^^ the panther 

Are ahkr, somewhat, and kin m natisre. 

And often found in the same den di^portin^ 

The panther is a creation of self^'tovc, 

And does inveigh against mankind^ 

And his best fi-easure, 

A heart and nunci by sin unsullied, 

put filled and uvoy^d 

Bv pure and holy thought, 

To dteds of love, 

**Thou <^i(^.^*, in the law of good DnA evU 
karo khia (t\^%i\ui 'Tiie rnojive is if*e good' 

7f> 






'The dci- is \hz tfkci/ when ih<ya dost 
fransb^ ana f^oi? zmw, ihe Sext do'Th sfatrj 
'No acf is e'er Y/hhout the nsoSor part of 
gaM or evil/ Aye, thou dost slati as 
ihcugli a thought jus! pierced thine j'oteilecJj 
krcjsly, as dosh desire enhaiice the nieris 
of vvhai was not befofe appareii', Aga^Hj, 
elfeciing by the act doth, too, sika ihc 
actor; for by good and worthy impulse 
jiiovec^ oisr l-ifivigs are so esid = ed. fbat rep/* 
e^^ii(Mi doth begc'f ofs rcpe^ffions, Tiie 
S.'fi? guide, hafii sore beeo tried, in His 
gao\ oflice, by this condifioi), wJKte n-.aa 
negUcPs the first fight choice, to iU'iv/ his 
g»o4. gutdao, 
'VVfy ^.<?n i/>e leopard of the w^^act. 

for <?)#/iy i<n<>ffi^tsinc^€^iJly^ixdMit.sUi, 



The Vision J, or^ 



'^Pfoiid of tliy mtghf, to thus subdue 
By aid of crak, not thine own plan; 
But of right belongs to him who crew 
The fofged steel and m&de thy gun. 
Think on this, and note my wordj 
Thy mother must in this be h<r^ard} 

' For in ai! thy ways on earjh below, 

. No other one can ever say 

. The words so plain as to bssfow 

• Theif lull meaning, 
Tne panther that I point thee to 

. Is not there in the dt^p, dark wood^ 
Nor does it stray 
Far from the path that day by day, 

- Thou ti'avei'st on in hfe's long way, 

"Thou nast learned that to dread (he 
pej;ai;y ol the I^w is selF''love, I would not 
ha-^'c iKtc 4t?a4 ihe penalty, b-.s!; I would 

7% 



I'kc H 



ihitt thca mtyiysi' 6f€&6 \hM QMsx-h For 
I would that thou mayT«i if^ot break the 
law of Gcoi; hr kno*^'^ that in clf.'Ct, thou 
dost thc^n aflfcf thy iielgtibor, An6 stM s 
woe unto the a^icd -Wo'tfir t?sy ts,zt doth 
siiHcl** If, by thin<? acf^, fif»aa dies! but 
aff^ect thyself, diy death co«(d (hen atone 
fivi' thine own Qtv&fS. and li&iy death crad 
that curse to mjo. Yet, ihoxi mayest sec 
by cafeful scrutioy, that I hat asonement 
canaot be ample, as to the sin ii-vclf, while 
such is Mill tjAsii:n{ on {'be earth, by thtnz 

'^ Now, ihis paofhef is niherenf. In the 
Kcsh n«*uf€ of the mstn and jn the soul 
that doth Busfatn. She fksh to act, and 
WifhcM.il it the i'&cc dicth; yet wi(h it Ufi** 
guided and unkept from wantoness, by not 
Vieldir.g to the guidance of the Sptritt it 

■ 79 



diy moilier feared). Yea, the panlhcr ss 
Wiihin tbcc, that thy mother leai'cth £of 
fhcc, and tby mother will nol warn thee 
against the panther of thy r^clgbbor; for 
thus I would but weaken this just cause, 
»ind in the act, inlo thy being merge, the 
very essence of self/lcve, and grant thcc 
license, full, to charge unio thy neighbor, 
the cause of thioe own misdeeds, But, I 
warn thee that thou dost strlcily gtiard 
thine own dread panther, that i( may riOt 
fereak into thy neighbor's iol6, and spoil 
his flocks, and on him a grievous wrong 
entail 

"My son, thfre is a word that men 
have tangled o'er with many cdhd'-on^, 
and misapplied its use so oh that tio-.v lis 
message is obscure to maoyi Vivtuo b the 

m . 



The lii.!oicr'fi Diejm* 



wofcl and ba?b but one true meaning* It 
iDCjns the power the Spirh hath to ittd 

thcc o subdue thy panJher,, 

" Thou art Viftue*s, now, and faifg 
Else thou aft not yet a "J^^^*** 
Virtue is that grace of thme« 
That doth muhiply as time 
Sends the€ farther on the linCi 
Stretching longer, longer linej 
As doth tincie increase the years. 
So doth man increase by careSf 
As his cares increase bis fears« 
So do the fears increase his tears» 

And of !o¥e I will but tell, 
When ihou lovest, lore thou w«lL 

Love is ioving, 

Nisughl q1 ii csisfs unused* 

m 



The Vkion, m^ 



'' WUhoui love 

'%'e M'€ always, tonhnti 

In doii'ig, 

love S3 lining J 

Ndught of it exists vfhtn dylof* 

Love k wlHingj 

Naitgh! h ihtrc of love- 

That % clillilng. 

Now anodief defmitlon 

I will give ?hec, 

So thou mayest compi-chcn^ mej 

Lov€ h thy neighbor 

In thy shoes, 

One whom thou wilt not abuse; 

ThoLi aft the one from these to choose 

Which is ivofthy, which to fefvisf. 

■'"Now see this love lit plam 



The Htifitfr'j Drf«*nj* 



D )»h compass high and low, 

Ai».:l through its micst the stream doth tio'w, 

Thdt nourislics that love, 

The jnain of all our woe; 

F'of only love doth feel the pangs 

Of wretchediiess b^low, 

H^if, malice, envy and deceit know 

Naught of this, buf, with vipjf teetk 

Hang to wounds they do 'inUkt^ 

And cruelly, tfimrtphant, slaggers 

'Neath the load oi VAgot gains 

And broken hearts, is^ this dire confUcff 

Now, here a just conclusion make, 

Nor the deep sense of this forsake) 

For hate and love will not partake 

Of the same Sph'it, ' 

Hate cannot feel sorrow, ■ 

Nor the bankrupt debtor borrow 

for hh vdid from d^Qt aai fcirof^ ^ 

83 



Tht Vislou; 



"Both are trading on the mcffrowr 
The one more hates? the ether borrowry 
Yet more trouble for the morrow. 

*' And now, my son, h is growing hu» 
;This council must adjourn, — but wah-! 

The Vine, the emblem of our Ciao, 

Must be QUI' next Hght themes 
, For failing to explain this plan 
'Will unto the neighbors seem 

Somewhat of a departure made 
;From our usual set routine* 
,. Now turn thy gaze on yonder sign, 
'T© where the emblem stands, 

And note the twioiog Golden Yiaci 
. Its rods are gfowing in good laods-j 
,. Its stem is twis'lng, to be sure^ 

Bus the rv/isis ate fwioitig Vound 

The loving heart?, that licre mat^te. 

a 4 



Tfee HcsiSef's Di-eam. 



And fi-Jus sfe willing boim^, 

And'^^^irs^^becoiiie, when all Is done,=- 

Tiiat iS, when the Spirit doih become 

The ruling Councilor, 

And «he kuli of this riglit Vine! 

I %¥ill jus^ mention some 

Tha? surely will be borne in time, 

Btffsre thy life on earih is done, 

If thou, thy Councilor doth heed,— 

And a bester one thou dost not needs 

First, the leopard will not seize thee, 

And tear Jhy form iu many pieces, 

That will not together rightly gfow,-= 

But a temperate life thou'h live I knowj 

This count I'll mark with a bud right hef£f. 

My son, to know this will save me many a tearj 

And thy Councilor, if thou heed him, sure, 

He will keep thee from the panther, pure. 

My son, the panther causeth many a tear^ 

55 



The VisioD^y Off 



And many a mofliefj sweet and 0221% 
To a !ov£d boy, iiaJh wtp! awe^r', 
Because, her boy was not bound by a Vine, 
Nor sEood in the Councilf free from crime? 
And many a maiden, sweet and fair, 
Hafh wept sad tears, not caused by a jalrj 
This coisot I'll mark vjifh a bud right herei 
But the panther, the paaiher i fear, T fear J 
Only the Spirit can sd/e ihs;e, — hear, oh hsef J. 
And there is room on Ibis right Yin?: 
Fur iiidny buds and flowers beume; 
And thou art but a bud thyself,™ 
Thy life, thus far, is but a spui 
.From the cradle to wnat thou deemcst man; 
Long years must yei ensu^. 
And yet thou mayest not pursue 
The path jDat will take thee to 
Thai esia'e, thou fhinkest now, 
Thou ha^t arrived ar, san>ehow. 

86 



The Hunter's Df-cnm. 



Foi' the man thou cnvlest should be a Jait*, 
And, if thou faikst as a buci, 
, 'Wha'il Tliink you the bud will blossom iaitt 

no, my son, failing hud is failing fruit! , 
This ti'uc maxim thou must not doubt 

1 hope^ my son? thou mayest see 
This emblem, in its true ngbi? 

. That 's bright with graceful light, 
In hearts that swell wiih chief desire 

: To live for good? wllh souls afire 
To help tlitk kllo%r niso, by deeds of iov< 

" Thusi iii the van.. 

Thou niayest st;-ind • ■ 

And- be a right cranipk, 

And by the S-okli i^^, 

And by the voiC€le;;s whii-per^^ hi. 

Thou niayest thus niahi ample 

Thy Ukf for God's tvood pprpo^c 



Ths Vhl&n} or^ 



*'Aod £-:aw^ mf sssi, ih-y 5nrjofhri''3 iheai»i 
? Is swelling wi^h the siicjughtj that payl. 
' We misst, each our duHes to pursue 
-On eat«h!and, for the tsii^s is d'jsj, 
■ A token, !, to thee wO! show, 
' One that I hope thou It know 
^ To value foi' thy mother's sake,, 
• TNote well this -vine? there is a hui,. 

On the -topftios^, twsning spray, 
•Dosi see? Ibis hud h opci^lng 
•A flower to light of day, 
'The goisden calyx, parfing 

Its sepals to unfold 

The petals, bright corolla 

Of pearls, that dolh surround 

Slaty ens and pkVds and the tofus goH, 

Mv son, ll'is vine I give thee; 

IVi'.y h in diy sxiemory hold 

Ifiy moihe'-, and this rneeJing, , 

66 



' Tli€ Kuatcr's Drcaia*.' 



This coyfltil and maxims told? 
•I'his fos€ of pearls, I give thee, ' 

• I'hou sBiiyest weai* it for sny sakci 
;Two btads arc thei*e beside it, 

; Each doth a precept make 
Siwc impress on thy jnemofy, 
Sure comfort to my mind ; . , 

God grant, that it may help thcc, ', , 

As by the vine we bind/' 

The river then did brighter grov/, 
And bright tiie light showed o'er the plain;/ 
Throrigs of singers gained, and music low, , 
Th»;n swelling to a loud acclaim, 

• Floored in that Celestial light, 

And echoed back li^om the waves of nighty 
' Bringing on their cresting swell, 

• The deep refrains from the tolling bell; 
: Reminding, by their drcadltji knsrll, 

69 



/The VMmi) o^,, ' 



Of souls d men, in Hkt skli'emg ImU ' 
And the hunief and m©Jh€f, iist'ning qukt''\ 
1 o the mL'sk' so sweety in ihz sMveiy nighty ' 
As they sat in the car, entranced by the sight ^ 
Of Cckstsak Jrlymphanl, with hope at its heigfet. 
The hunter said, '''Moihtr, fust fell mc aright, 
For the thought It Is uppcfmost, e'en most a 

fright,— 
This bell doth disturb me, ~ why doth the night 
Thus hang on the river, and the blessed light, 
Wer penetrate there; is something not right?" 

*^^y boy, thou art used to the light of the sun?* 
Thou knowest full well, when something is done 
Its light to eclipse, as the moon doth the sun, 
The day turns to darkness, as 't were night bc<« 

gun; 
Thai darkness is naught but the absence of light 
Now '!he fog that 's imposing on the waters swce^' 

,90 



.,,u Hie d[«?«rl€?'8 Iktemo 



Tibsi Bir/^&uni tS^y ^ew Wme, whefg the eeglts 

Co-u!cl g'uJde thee anfh?, s© the solufioa ®? ehss;j ," 
F2^" iih^y seek ®<^ swife wing a higher abyss„ 
■A?id bssk m the l-ighl ©f ethereal bliss. . > 

Ths^ fog, shou knov^fc?^r, is senictliin^ besides , , 
Iht absence of light, but springs from the side ; 
Of warm waters, and upward doth rise, 
Ifjthe form of small globules of vapor, this wlse^; 
Through which the light of the radiant sun, ' 
Dcdi not penetrate as m the mere absence ©i\ 
' lights 

This may explain why the same is not done ■ 
By she light that, thou sayest, is not 
Feneirani {here 5 so yout* question doth run, 
And now the comparison, i will for thee makes 
The cloud on the river, thou callest it night, 
Per h seems to thee thus, and in one sense 't k 

9i 



The Vbhu, Of, 



.^But maakiaal thai % iiwolvcd by if, never wiU; 

take 
The same simple nieaning, nor will they for5ak«: 
The evil that causeth It, till the Spirli 
Doth 'lighten them, and guide them anghtj 
This cloud, then, is envy and malice and ha.'i, 
Mixed well with covetousness and then v/iil 

deceit? | 

These are the parts of that ter-i-iblc curse, 
Known in our craft by the joint word "self love' 
i:This cloud, then, is something, — not absence or 

Hght,~ 
Sot a veritable something, as thou saldst, 'no^ 

fight'/' 

^''How then, my dear inother, will it ever be ended . 
And mankind become perfect, or even so mended 
That the bell with its dread pc:Is of warning be 
tended. 

92 



The Hunter's Dn-^m. 



To ck^encj- U5C5, cr aitcgeihef suspended?" ■• -, 

" My 5cn. jjut one riKJlicd Is certain to finish i . 
Tke w<^^^ju5^ begun v/lien the Jair, before brutish, 
5av/ a b^^shfer ref/cct<on, in the poo! of dear 

water, ^fc'?'e manlsh, 
A kssan /roosfc useftsC' cione since can diminisb 
IfS value, " but i:cnsidcr, example, then potent, 
Sh(7:u?d SUli remain lament of good, if existent; 
Ikwcrer. ancfthtr, a tnttitod that 's ceftam, 
Aii4-i"^^s not aufhovUf (o make it obtain; 
And to work out the. pvchltm, ibis one is the 

Ani ^\us, "t is s^id, tltat in the early ages of ouf 

c/an 
A hecibtr jMff who then was Ccuncib;*, 

B<tin\c untd (h^n ;) bi'igtit example; 

Art'd yet iiis wor4s. iingcfiiig on the fopgues 

93 



'' Of men, are quc^^d ofif ai:d riVitcncti, . , 
As ihc very best ^x^ankind has «vci* h«afel <^^ 

utncrred .-.,:. 

Among ihe thls-gs lit said; said all t\u hrt af 

kindred tongues, 
Proves not that speech- a -^lagiat'ism, 
'Yc are of the Earth its szit' ht said, and this 

to Jairs, 
Yea, my- son, I ' would ha¥c thee, tliis mcili-od 

comprehend; 
Tor, *l is the one that faikth not, nci* cccr. 'it 

blend; 
flor by blending, doth it to ethers true v^luf 

lend, — 
Kow, hear the argument, and surely bend 
Thy brightest sense of thought zvA resscn, lo its 

import, 
'T is said, — and thy ViZ'^^vxt w.'li not cona\^'icC 

the ^crcll, 

94 



riif M...tii^ 



^y/hcfdri are wt'it Ui-C i;^'Ci'd5 'Jiiai do tli« itdt 

That from one ftbirpai/^ who Jivg^ in agfS dH^'a 

Art aU of human feind dxiscencled 

(t ftia^iferi not thai; on Eanh htlow^ wc ^tc 

Of $\l the kinds and ccaSw»qi;cnC(?s,— - 
T ts plainly fcid, fcy this great teacher., 

TheJ*i.rs, alone, will Jhcn possess the Berth,' ' ' 
Alia iho5i from Jairs descended 3 
The th^n 15 when the b«U shall c«a,se Its Iclliof, 
4rtd dar/fncss and the night waves i^liiii,g; 
5halj nor lie, upon fh« riv-^, 

* Suttht umt is 6u^\ ytc mus? my team assembif- 
And to ihe Kafthland, we shall go; vgu to facabl'^:. 
ThvQugh iottSii^A-ldt aad on the nioiiataia side. 
(JW falvJS &nd mai'skcs, o'er rmr?;, lo^^ij arM 

. 55' 



^* A3f^ by my side, in this ti'ig-'hj- c&i% thou It tide, 
So far upon my jcui'sisy, as io [hat isle in Huifon'f; 

But shouldst thou choc^c lo fafthcf go, , 
Thy mother wili be iiappiei* so. 
Those bodies, that on Eai-th repose, 
Demand our firsi atreniion; 
Of we' expose ourselves to wocs^ , 
For this our dereliction 
, Of duties, that ai*e ours, 
By force of previous ordination, 

"Ah! here they are, bright, bonny pairs, 
My well matclied tesni of beauiicsf 
^ Such a ride fhcti 'It take, or I inistake, 
■ The mettle of rny coii::'ser5, . ■ 

-• As nc"er v/as had, . ■ : • 

To that hhn-d, hiv, 
Belorc, by hom^sici: hun:.e:r, "_ 

96 



The 



''Bur, :x:.c(hit d^ui*, belbfc we go^ 

I nius-: isk of thee one question? / ■ 

iSkt many liave I asked thee httZj 

Except to connect the lessons 

Where get you these, 

This gaOant team of horses J" ." 

"Weill well! my boy, I know. that thoo 
Wast trained to be less curious, 
And yet, they say, that iMother Eve's 
Great sin v/as soineihing iitee this; / 
To know the t&sic of ftuit forbid, 
And so she took the apple. 
1 think 1 wiil just humor thee, 
: £o thou wilt be prepared, 
Am not forestall thy future joys, 
By doing something horrid,— 
And as we go, i 11 tell thee more; 
Now 4it thee close beside me, 

97 



The Ymdjn, .cr, 



" And thou jnaycst guide thcna qn bcfcrt, 
This 'gallant team ©f horses;* 
Then I can use both ai'niK, you knew, 
To hold thee in close embraces, " 

The nrer then did fonghtef grow, 
And the silvery light shimmered so 
Bright on that wondrous sight; 
. And music swelling from cadence low, 
To the higher noies of triumphant joy. 
The mother and hunter seated to go« 
To ht away Earlhland, — 

But tlic tolling bell 

NS'"*,? sounding its knell, 

As ever before, 

Ffxt the s.:uk in hsIL 

**My 5o;i, thcu dost hear 
The y}*<4 warning; bell; 

9S 



Ih'Z HunU/s D^€ai:il:^ 



Liut ^^■ot io the ternpttfi 

Who fain v/ou.sd entreat thci? ■ 

To close heart and tsrs 

To ihe scund cf the bell? 

Hi;} ever believe mc, 

Tni-e Jairs s^and a'r^ady 

To hear and to help ttitra,-— 

The _ sick Cluing souls,. 

In the horrible hell; 

And only example, 

Cans* ihoLi make 'araplc 

To help jhem; 

This iHiixim I £/.¥€ next; 

T -A'Jii be:;:' oi': rcpi^ahng; 

IMo s.hz6ts iQ i'.3 oaesning 

Can Ci'-)£i?|; in the Jext, 

"And now we arc ready to go; 

O, yes, wc ai-e ready to go!" 



Tbe Visia:.. ^i*, 



A wave -of she hand, 

And the kading span 

Straightened the traces tme:^ 

Away went (he train. 

O'e-r the blHovry plain, 

As the waves cf light 

Rolled left and i-ight; • 

And the siiiget's sang cbofUi^cs, 

too. 
Out, o'ji, o'er the plain, 
Wciit that fleet ti*ain; . 
Nor dust in the air, 
But the streeming hair 
Made a track like 
A misty sheen? 
And the wheels that rolled 
In liic shimmsfing light, 
Relied off the edge of the plain^ 
"Wbcre Ant ^A^in met the light, ■ 

100 



Ilic Hungers Dttjim. 



And the light mtt liic plaiaj — 

Yd onwai'Q Uiey flew. 

Like a star, in the deepening hkiti 

The road, it was light . 

And the (rai«, k swung fight, 

To ihe laul- of the traces true, 

A.nd tilt huxUcr said 

" My mother dear, . 

This tide doth seem a trific queer i 

We 're. going at a wondrous rate; 

Aiicw me, once again to state 

My question, ,, . < ,. 

Fair manners it will not ratc^ , 

I know, but I thy promise have, 

That en this journey, 

ThoLi "it tcii whence these horsesi 

And, 3t this going, 

Not long our journey lasts, I 'm knowing. ' 

101 



i fte V isicn, or . 



The motheff slic laughed a silvsfy iaiif h, 
As her arms closed tighter around liim; 

"My boy, O, my boy! 

Thou an my true joy: 

But these 'horses' 

Are another r.tory. 

I fain would thcc tell, 

But to make thy heart swell 

With- pride, m scvance, 

Is a worry, 

^T is the only seif'-Iove, 
• That comes from above, — 

From the plain, 

That is lit with true glory*" 

"These 'horses' — not 'horses;' — 
Fci' that *'s a poor pun 
Qn my grand children 
Of one or two stories j 

102 



The Hunteir's Dream^' 



. Pot' these are the ones 
That later shall come 
To bless the new homes 
Of my children. 
How many arc thine, , 
When, at the right time, . 
As a Jair, ; 

Thou art worthy of any? 
Perhaps two or three pairs 
May make equal shares, — 
Now do n't be picking a'ready; * , - 
fot much must depend 
On how thou dost mend, 
And how thou takest this lesson/' 

I'hc hunter, not expecting an answer like this, 
Yet had his lips ready for a right loving kiss, 
(The shape is the same for both whistle aaa^ 

kiss,) . V '/ ' ' ■'.'<. 

103, 



The 



But, surprise nilxci wliii wciider, iit^t faate Lh€- 

Some pcopk the sarae do at [he slab cf a {Jtlstl^-,— 
Bui the wliisde was cui with a clear, rinf^ing 

sound; 
The dog, tiiat vras sleepLng close by ai: his *;.idf. 
Sprang JO his fcef, and made a qakk bound, 
Sought the face of his rmslti', whose eyes opcnci 

wide, 
Peered into the trce/tcps, and then to the lake; 
Straining to see through the aisles of the Sr^ss, 
Something seemed missing! not even the wake 
Of that wonderous train, such as one sees 
When nicleors (Irish past over the leas,™ 
The train it had vanished, bu'c not from his mind; 
For he searched well the foreland, hoping to find 
Some traces yet UngttUtg of the way he had come;, 
01 the car or she fea:-ii or his mother. Ihi^c 

were ncne, 

■ .104 



"O dog*! " twas [hu'3 tht himUt htgun, 
When speech, came to his tongue^ 
"Thcu hiisi ccae. mc no kindness; 
per \hc.v. didst me av/ake , , 

Frcm a sleep that was glorious^ 
FroiP. a dream that did make 
This night the iriost Wv'^ndrous, 
8uir si ay. k? nic think how it ended! 
Ah. yas. I begin new to see it all HgJ)(iy; 
That matter of mother's, and how she fended 
My qiicsilon. O, clog! thou wast lucky, 
That as a dog thou wast not pafty 
To that !i-)p from above to this island. 
Methinks that thy feet, 
Hadst not been so fleet, 
As to follow that trip, — 
Well, that whistle did slip, 
And when thy cold lip 
Touched my fctchead, — 

105 



T1s€ vision, ot. 



' Q, v<rO:ksnKp^^ most hor'/Al 

To lose all ihiit good hw^ 

For a w r^ --d cocr pi>r,— 

J\js? t'mn'r, ,:\v, cct^, I am sorHed 

And she said (h^.t gooi Eve 

Was in like maantr to blame, 

And soni2th:ap ab. ;.-\r; 

Just as if ' -^-^, z 

That tri ; inf«.ar 

Now, doj_, J <nn-' hz v 
And ic fix 'j'l :l '-. I'.c < ■ ^ i.e.?d, 
I Will ^>,'iui: ic tJ'ev rr,"*'!-' cnicr 
To my rhought as ,.:r- - 

Ncr will i mors : :. wiii I eat, 

'Till all thh 13 surelf o<_.A^..^Lecl 
So now ii iz ds-j; fcr tbc sun drth appear 
1ft the e^ii, t: »hf end of tlii: hkind', 

106 



May hcve their own. way, 

And thou mayesl lifvJ 

Whsfewita thou canst bind 

Thyself to dc^'s Lfe, by eci^o^^., 

And ail the dream, I li write it q'o.v.>, 

From the first unto the ending] 

Record sure, i '11 make of this, 

So there will be no dlspuhng, 

\X^hen fairy tales are told amiss 

By people who have never shown 

To what the fairies are beiorigmg',, 

Anc^ lor paper I will use, 

For i have naught else to choose 

But this book of cartridge parcnment j 

And my pen it must be 

A quill from the wing 

Of this erey island partridge; 

Ink vha^ IS the next thing, 

And see, here are crimson poke/csrrles 

107 



" No Jiie hii3 been taken to pfovi-'je fhts lay-out, 
Bui tiie bird's, and that was for breakfast, 
\-hv<2, dog, is the flesh,- the quill is my share,-- 
And I will begin rhs record/' 

And so ii was writ, 

And here it is yef, — 

Ahhoiigh ihe speH-ng .'s mended. 

But what became cl il\z hunter 
Is n't said; for hep- the i-ecord 
Just €vv4^e:'d^ 




Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. 
Neutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide 
Treatment Date: Sept. 2009 

PreservationTechnologies 

A WORLD LEADER IN COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION 

111 Thomson Park Drive 
Cranberry Township, PA 1 6066 
(724)779-2111 



